February 27th 2014
I've have seen many active engagement strategies this semester. I will write about a few that have stood out to me. One was a "time check"assignment which enabled students to get some wiggles out. At certain times throughout the day the teacher would say "time check" and the students would take out a green sheet of paper and go to a clock in the classroom and write down the time on their green sheet. Then at the end of the day as an entire class they would review the times and talk about the ones they wrote down correctly or incorrectly.
Another active engagement strategy I observed was when they were writing mystery stories. The teacher would read a mystery story to give the students an idea of what to write and then they would begin working on their mystery assignment. Once they had a chance to write a portion of their story they would share their story with their neighbors aloud and then a few of the students were selected to share part of their story in front of the class.
The last one I will mention in this post is a scavenger hunt. For this activity the teacher gave the students a list of of descriptions of items or vocabulary words (I forgot some of the specific items listed on the scavenger hunt but a couple examples could be to find something fuzzy or find a food that is considered high in calcium etc. depending on the subject/grade level) to find around the classroom and the students can work in pairs to find and write down the items or pictures of the items they found.
I found the engagement strategies used to be effective. Mostly all of the children I have observed have worked extremely well together and they all have been involved in the activities that the teacher uses to get them engaged. The students especially love anything that allows them to talk and get out of their seats. Overall these activities involve many students at a time, allow for feedback, and get the students out of their seats.
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